Designing for children

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I would consider using personas.

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From: discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Rafa López Callejón
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:01 PM
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Merry Christmas to all!

Do anybody know about resources to design interfaces
for children. How do they react ? What kind of webs do
they like?

Best
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A great resource for HCI and Children can be found here:
http://www.hcibib.org/kids/

Good luck!

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The ACM holds an annual conference on interaction design with children
(IDC), the proceedings for the past couple of years hold a wealth of ideas
and experiences. All of the proceedings papers can be found at:
http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?linked=1&part=series&idx=SERIES11165&col
l=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=9937271&CFTOKEN=80352676

Alison Druin has edited and co-authored several books on designing
technologies with children.
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Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing for children

Merry Christmas to all!

Do anybody know about resources to design interfaces for children. How do
they react ? What kind of webs do they like?

Best
--
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Rafa López Callejón
lopezcallejon at gmail.com
http://www.libros-web.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggermania.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Rafa,

Allison Druin, director of the HCI Lab at the University of Maryland, has authored many interesting resources on designing interfaces, tools and technology for children, as well as collaborative design techniques with children involved in the design process.

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~allisond/

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Markus

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Merry Christmas to all!

Do anybody know about resources to design interfaces
for children. How do they react ? What kind of webs do
they like?

Best
--
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Rafa López Callejón
lopezcallejon at gmail.com
http://www.libros-web.blogspot.com/
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Rafa,

I found "Design criteria for children's Web portals: The users speak out"
(2001 - Large, Beheshti, Rahman) an article in JASIST to be useful in
answering "What do children like?" Although it is a bit dated, I think the
findings are still mostly valid.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/88512325/ABSTRACT

Of course you have to have access to JASIST articles but you can probably
get that through a library.

Abstract
Four focus groups were held with young Web users (10 to 13 years of age) to
explore design criteria for Web portals. The focus group participants
commented upon four existing portals designed with young users in mind: Ask
Jeeves for Kids, KidsClick, Lycos Zone, and Yahooligans! This article
reports their first impressions on using these portals, their likes and
dislikes, and their suggestions for improvements. Design criteria for
children's Web portals are elaborated based upon these comments under four
headings: portal goals, visual design, information architecture, and
personalization. An ideal portal should cater for both educational and
entertainment needs, use attractive screen designs based especially on
effective use of color, graphics, and animation, provide both keyword search
facilities and browsable subject categories, and allow individual user
personalization in areas such as color and graphics.

- Mark Bardsley

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Merry Christmas to all!

Do anybody know about resources to design interfaces
for children. How do they react ? What kind of webs do
they like?

Best
--
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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lopezcallejon at gmail.com
http://www.libros-web.blogspot.com/
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